Google has been accused of playing favorites in treating Android app developers. The Verge reports that a recently unsealed consumer lawsuit against Google is being offered the company to make a “significantly reduced” cut in revenue from Netflix’s Play Store in an attempt to quell “the streaming giant’s displeasure.” Netflix, Spotify, and Tinder all reportedly … Read more
Charlie Bell (LinkedIn Photo) Long-time Amazon Web Services boss Charlie Bell has reportedly taken a job at Microsoft. Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and long-time lynchpin of the company’s cloud business, left the Seattle company this month after more than 23 years. Business Insider reported Wednesday that Bell was joining Microsoft. The … Read more
It was revealed last week that Rivian plans to build a second U.S. manufacturing facility for its electric vehicles and batteries, and more details have now been leaked. The company plans to initially invest $ 5 billion in the second facility called Project Tera, which Reuters says will begin construction in the fall of 2021. … Read more
Maybe we have to say goodbye to SoftBank’s adorable humanoid robot Pepper. According to Reuters, the Japanese conglomerate stopped producing the robot last year and is cutting jobs in robot-related companies in several countries. Apparently there wasn’t much demand for Pepper, and SoftBank only ever produced 27,000 units of Foxconn. Nikkei has also reported that … Read more
Apple could release an iPad Pro with wireless charging sometime next year. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the tech giant is currently working on a new iPad Pro and a new iPad mini. Apple is reportedly replacing the Pro tablet’s aluminum case with a glass back, similar to the latest iPhones, in part to enable … Read more
Google’s approach to protecting Android’s privacy comes under fire after Arizona’s antitrust investigations into phone tracing. As Insider reports, recently unedited documents indicate that Google has made it difficult to find the privacy settings for Android. When Google tested versions of the operating system that showed privacy features, the company reportedly saw increased use of … Read more
When Apple brought in former HTC design chief Scott Croyle last year, it wasn’t entirely clear why. It now appears that part of his job is to help design Beats devices. The design company Ammunition continues to work on Beats products, but according to 9to5Mac, Croyle is now a central figure between the studio and … Read more
Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 2016. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s not exactly the type of ship that would frolic near the shores of Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, but Jeff Bezos reportedly plans to set sail on his own boat. But at Bezos’ level of prosperity, boats are actually referred … Read more
The news: Melinda Gates has been working with divorce lawyers since 2019, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. Bill and Melinda Gates announced last week the decision to end their marriage after 27 years. The details: It’s still unclear what caused the split, but WSJ and The Daily Beast shared how … Read more
Nintendo’s next switch may use an NVIDIA GPU that supports Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), which can output higher quality graphics, Bloomberg reported. The new system-on-chip would allow up to 4K quality output when the switch is connected to a TV, and is also said to include an updated CPU and more memory. According to … Read more